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<v Speaker 1>Callaroga Shark Media, find me home. Jenny Mack with your

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<v Speaker 1>daily comedy news. Nice job. Bert Chrascher, Tampa native. He's

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<v Speaker 1>announced a benefit show for victims of Hurricane Helene or

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<v Speaker 1>to be at Ruth Eckert Hall on Saturday, October twelfth,

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<v Speaker 1>eight pm. Surprise guests will be announced. I bet Burton

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<v Speaker 1>gets some especially in Florida, get some pretty good people

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<v Speaker 1>to show up at this. Bert said, I was born

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<v Speaker 1>in Saint Petersburg, raised in Tampa, and went to school

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<v Speaker 1>in Tallahassee. Anything that happens at the state of Florida,

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<v Speaker 1>I always feel like happens to me. I think all

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<v Speaker 1>Floridians feel this way. Florida defined me in the Bay

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<v Speaker 1>Areas family. I'll do anything to help family. All proceeds

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<v Speaker 1>from the show we'll go to metropolitan ministries to aid

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<v Speaker 1>relief of hurricane victims. Bert aid, is what you want

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<v Speaker 1>to look up if you want to attend that. The

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<v Speaker 1>La Times did a nice profile of Ahmed Ahmed. He

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<v Speaker 1>started taking acting classes when he was nineteen, met Vince

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<v Speaker 1>Vaughn and crashed on Vince Vaughan's couch. He said, I

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<v Speaker 1>was making good money booking roles as the terrorists. The driver,

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<v Speaker 1>the sleazy guy called my agent and said, can I

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<v Speaker 1>audition for the friend, the doctor, the lawyer. The cop

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<v Speaker 1>ed says, whenever there's a conflict in the Middle East,

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<v Speaker 1>that's when my career either rises or falls. He got

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<v Speaker 1>tired of the type casting and stereotyping. He said, it

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<v Speaker 1>didn't feel right, and that's when I decided to shift

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<v Speaker 1>in a stand up comedy to have a voice. He

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<v Speaker 1>started doing a weekly show at Dublins on sunset. They

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<v Speaker 1>had a big metal tub of peanuts and people would

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<v Speaker 1>throw the shells on the floor. But every Tuesday night,

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<v Speaker 1>rain or shine, we'd fit three hundred people. This is scary.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty fifteen, after performing at Palestine's inaugural one thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and one Laughs Comedy Festival, Ahmed was halted at the

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<v Speaker 1>Tel Aviv airport. He said he was detained with M

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen rifles in his face, strip searched and interrogated for

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<v Speaker 1>twelve hours. He described the Israeli Defense Force as inhumane

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<v Speaker 1>on Facebook, which resulted in dozens of messages accusing him

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<v Speaker 1>of anti Semitism. He says, I'm Semitic. I wasn't saying

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<v Speaker 1>anything about Jews or israel I was criticizing the Israeli

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<v Speaker 1>Defense Force. That's like NWA saying f the police for

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<v Speaker 1>the La Times, Ed says, ever since I've been irrational,

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<v Speaker 1>I've had blind range. He described some incidents as comic

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<v Speaker 1>drama between him and other stand up comedians that have

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<v Speaker 1>gotten and bounced from the comedy store in the laugh Factory.

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<v Speaker 1>During one show, an audience member made a nine to

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<v Speaker 1>one to one call. Im Ed had said, how many

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<v Speaker 1>Muslims are Middle Easian people here in the audience? Great,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a small group of us in here, but hey,

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<v Speaker 1>it only takes one. Two cops appeared at the club

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<v Speaker 1>the following night, but he was allowed to continue with

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<v Speaker 1>the set. I'm at joked, is a terrorist organization good

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<v Speaker 1>to send their headhunter to an American comedy club. I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to fly all the way to America. I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to learn English really good. I'm gonna put

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<v Speaker 1>you in comedy classes. Eugene Merman spoke to WPR about

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<v Speaker 1>appearing on Flight of the Concords way back when it's

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<v Speaker 1>been a minute since that show. How did you connect

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<v Speaker 1>with Bretton Jamine? By the way, are you familiar with

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<v Speaker 1>the Mandela effect? That's where, like things you're convinced happened

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<v Speaker 1>are true, and then the world changes. I'm originally from

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<v Speaker 1>a world where the guy on Flight of the Concords

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<v Speaker 1>was named Germaine with an R. At some point teleported

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<v Speaker 1>to where you and I are now, where the guy

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<v Speaker 1>spells his name Jemmaine. That was not the case. Also

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<v Speaker 1>where I'm from. On Game of Thrones, the lead actress

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<v Speaker 1>his last name is Heatley. There's no L in her

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<v Speaker 1>name anymore. I don't know what's going on. Maybe that

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<v Speaker 1>explains the Bob's Burgers thing. Maybe where I'm from there

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<v Speaker 1>is no Bob's Burgers, and that's why you guys think

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<v Speaker 1>there is one. Something like that. We'll get to that

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<v Speaker 1>a second. Eugene said, I did a show in Edinburgh,

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<v Speaker 1>I think in two thousand and five and saw them

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<v Speaker 1>and met them, and I believe Dmitri Martin had done

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<v Speaker 1>a show with them maybe before that, and they were

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<v Speaker 1>coming to the US. So we did shows together in

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<v Speaker 1>small venues in New York, and they were at Aspen

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<v Speaker 1>Comedy Festival when I was there. It's like anything you

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<v Speaker 1>meet people you enjoy and you work together. So I

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<v Speaker 1>auditioned for the role of Eugene even though they had

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<v Speaker 1>written it for me. WPR said, you, of course supposedly

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<v Speaker 1>provide Jeen Belcher's voice on Bob's Burgers. Hmmm, Jeene plays

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<v Speaker 1>pranks and plays the key word. What do you and

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<v Speaker 1>Gene have in common? Eugene mermans at a certain probably

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<v Speaker 1>goofy warmth. Gene is what I would be like if

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<v Speaker 1>I were a kid, now to a degree. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think he's a goofy warmed jokester, So that might be

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of what we have in common. Also a

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<v Speaker 1>love of food. Hm. Nicki Glazer was on Bill maher

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<v Speaker 1>As at Club Random. What do you think they talked about? Here?

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give you a hint. The subject is Nicki Glazer.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think Nicki Glazer talked about? That's right

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<v Speaker 1>Taylor Swift. Maris said, if Taylor Swift said vote for Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>he'd win. That's not good Trump with the supporters. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a cult. But so is this. It's a cult. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>a cult leader can be a source for good and

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<v Speaker 1>not evil, and I think she genuinely is. I have

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<v Speaker 1>no reason to put her down or desire to. I

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<v Speaker 1>always the greatest respect for a success. You don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to take on Taylor Swift. Joe Cooy, did that you

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<v Speaker 1>remember what happened there? Relaxed Scott. I'm not gonna play it.

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<v Speaker 1>Billy Gardell said when Bob Heart's Abashola wrapped up its

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<v Speaker 1>fifth and final season, he decided to go back to

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<v Speaker 1>the stage. Billy said, I thought I was done with

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<v Speaker 1>stand up. I'd take it three years off to make

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<v Speaker 1>some health changes in my life. And when I came

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<v Speaker 1>off Bob Hart's Abashol, I thought, all right, maybe I'm

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<v Speaker 1>done with stand up. But the bug get me again.

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<v Speaker 1>His comic buddies, Chris Titus, Steve Byrne, Alonza, Bowden, Ian

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<v Speaker 1>Bagg and Jay Leno. That's a crew, pretty good show,

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<v Speaker 1>kept pestering him. New how would you line those people up?

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<v Speaker 1>Let's say, all right here here, let's play this game.

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<v Speaker 1>R It's Billy Gardell, Titus, Steve Byrn, Alonzo, Boden, Ian Bag,

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<v Speaker 1>and Jay Lenol. Right, so Ian's got to open. He's

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<v Speaker 1>at Gardell's show. Is he the headliner in this? So

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<v Speaker 1>he's last, So you gotta put Leno right before him.

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<v Speaker 1>Alonzo's a killer. Steve Burn is not a household name.

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<v Speaker 1>It is pretty good all right, So I would go

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<v Speaker 1>Ian Bag then Titus Burne, Boden, Jay Leno, Billy Gardell,

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<v Speaker 1>you'd go see that show anyway, I digress. Gardell said,

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<v Speaker 1>I went down and saw Ian performing at the Irvine

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<v Speaker 1>Improv with my wife, and man, it hit me. I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, you know what, I'm gonna do this again.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I got back up on stage and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a different person. I've lost one hundred seventy three pounds,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm older, and those were things to write about, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm an empty nester now. So I found some inspiration again.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just been funny get back up not being said.

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<v Speaker 1>I've gone back to the clubs because you know, nowadays,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're not on the internet, no one knows who

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<v Speaker 1>you are. Man, he had back to back hit CBS sitcoms.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope somebody knows who he is. I'm fifty five now.

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<v Speaker 1>The only channel I watch a CBS. Nobody else cares

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<v Speaker 1>about me. Twenty five to fifty four year olds. They

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<v Speaker 1>care about you. Me, No one cares. I'll just sit

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<v Speaker 1>here with my disposable income and not spend it on

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<v Speaker 1>your products. I digress again, Billy says, so It's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like starting over, but with no pressure, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really enjoying it. At this age, stand up was always

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<v Speaker 1>my first love. Elas Gordell, did I say this already.

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<v Speaker 1>He's fifty five, He's three weeks older than I am,

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<v Speaker 1>so yeah, he should be on CBS. We could watch

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<v Speaker 1>CBS together. At this age, stand up is always my

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<v Speaker 1>first love. I love acting just as much, but stand

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<v Speaker 1>ups Who's brought me the dance And it's great to

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<v Speaker 1>be up on stage in this place where I'm doing

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<v Speaker 1>it just because I want to do it, like you

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<v Speaker 1>feel that way at the beginning, and then if you

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<v Speaker 1>get successful, there's pressure and commitments and all that. And

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<v Speaker 1>I've come through that and I'm at this place where

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just doing it for the love of the game,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's very fulfilling. He talked about having the two sitcoms.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're lucky enough to get a show, when it ends,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of tears and heartbreak because you and

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<v Speaker 1>the cast of the crew you kind of become a family.

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<v Speaker 1>We did that through COVID with no audiences and it

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<v Speaker 1>was just us and they are trying to make this

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<v Speaker 1>little show about love and family and one of the

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<v Speaker 1>great through lines of that show was when you marry somebody,

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<v Speaker 1>you mary their family, and it shows that we're all

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<v Speaker 1>kind of the same. We have a crazy mother, we

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<v Speaker 1>have a wacky sister, we have cool uncle, and it

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<v Speaker 1>reminds us that we're all human. And that show did

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<v Speaker 1>that beautifully. So when it comes to close, you can't

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<v Speaker 1>be two down. You're obviously sad. We have gratitude because

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<v Speaker 1>to have that happen to me twice is just beyond

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<v Speaker 1>my comprehension. To this day, I'm grateful for anybody who's

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<v Speaker 1>watched the work that I've done, and they're the reason

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<v Speaker 1>my kids in film school, and they're the reason I

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<v Speaker 1>have a house late night er. I spoke to Simon Rich,

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<v Speaker 1>he wrote for SNL on the topic John Mullaney. Simon says,

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<v Speaker 1>Mulaney's success is one of the least surprising things I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever seen. It was apparent from the moment I met

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<v Speaker 1>him he was the funniest person in the world. Was instantaneous, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>within the first five or ten minutes I was speaking

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<v Speaker 1>to him, I was convinced he was the funniest person

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<v Speaker 1>on earth. Truly. We started writing together the day we met.

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't wait. He talked about the writing process. The

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<v Speaker 1>writers get together for a few weeks before the show

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<v Speaker 1>starts to write the commercial parodies, or at least that's

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<v Speaker 1>how we did it in the aughts. So I met

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<v Speaker 1>him on a Tuesday night about a week or two

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<v Speaker 1>before the season started, and if my memory's correct, I

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<v Speaker 1>think we were writing together within minutes of meeting. Did

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<v Speaker 1>he have any favorite sketches that did not make it

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<v Speaker 1>to air? He said, Luckily, we've gotten most of them

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<v Speaker 1>on now because every time Melanie hosts, he forces the

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<v Speaker 1>issue and gets our favorite sketches over the finish line.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of the sketches we've had on the show

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<v Speaker 1>since twenty eleven have been sketches that we wrote fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, like toilet Death, Ejector and switcher Root. We

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't get him on the air until Melanie became enormously famous.

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<v Speaker 1>Irene two told the SF Chronicle one thing she learned

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<v Speaker 1>about comedy in La there's no such thing as a

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<v Speaker 1>casual stand up show. She explains, there could be anyone

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<v Speaker 1>here at any time. One time, I was just doing

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<v Speaker 1>a backyard show. I'm like, who cares, We'll do whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>Set wasn't very good, which is fine. Then afterwards I'm like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys all work at some big agency. Oops in

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<v Speaker 1>the bay. A backyard show was its own reward, she says. Here,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone's just like, yeah, we're just trying to get good

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<v Speaker 1>at stand up. We don't even know if we want

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<v Speaker 1>to do comedy. We're just kind of hanging out. It's

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<v Speaker 1>more nebulous. All right, this next thing here, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>I think this is fantastic. I like Irene's comedy a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>but this next thing here, I'm guilty of this. She

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<v Speaker 1>talks about how she gives off Big They energy. Her

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<v Speaker 1>gets its title from what two calls people's ongoing assumption that,

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<v Speaker 1>even after she corrects them, that she uses gender neutral pronouns.

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<v Speaker 1>She describes her comedy as not that gay, but still

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<v Speaker 1>plenty gay for her core audience, but leaving room to

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<v Speaker 1>explore other socio political topics. A recent set at Eli's

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<v Speaker 1>took swings at both lefty activists and fibroids. She's also

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<v Speaker 1>trying to use the stage more move around a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Some people use the whole stage, and I'm like, but

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<v Speaker 1>where am I going? Portland Mercury spoke to Tina Frill.

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<v Speaker 1>Tina said, one time I came home from an open

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<v Speaker 1>mic and I asked my mom was in the audience,

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<v Speaker 1>and said, were the clapping because I was actually good?

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<v Speaker 1>Or were they clapping because I'm disabled? It was inspiring?

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<v Speaker 1>And she said, well, maybe a little of both, and

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<v Speaker 1>that sent me into a total breakdown. I never thought

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<v Speaker 1>I could be good at being a comedian. It was

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<v Speaker 1>never something that interested me, but I fell into it

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<v Speaker 1>on a whim. Something to do. Comedy was a bucket

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<v Speaker 1>list thing, some way to get on stage. I never

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<v Speaker 1>thought i'd get a little in a stand up comedy,

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<v Speaker 1>but that maybe it would ease my anxiety for stage

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<v Speaker 1>and I could finally sing on stage and bring myself

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<v Speaker 1>to perform. But the knack I had for it in

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<v Speaker 1>the external validation people tell telling me I had something

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<v Speaker 1>there as for leaning into disability as part of the

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<v Speaker 1>set or not, Tina said, I remember the first couple

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<v Speaker 1>of times doing it up with Mike get In talk

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<v Speaker 1>about disability, and it only took a matter of a

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<v Speaker 1>few weeks. It was one tag at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>a joke. Oh, I've got a good life, great friends,

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<v Speaker 1>great family, of this beautiful state. I got a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of brain damage, but that's okay, and it hit

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<v Speaker 1>It hit like no other joke in a way that

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<v Speaker 1>was like an icebreaker. And then quickly after that I

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<v Speaker 1>wrote the joke of I'm disabled, don't worry, You're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be okay, and all the jokes orbited around that one concept.

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<v Speaker 1>For me, it's the stuff I wish I could say

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<v Speaker 1>to people in person, on the bus, across the counter,

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<v Speaker 1>and it comes from rage, the quiet rage that they

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<v Speaker 1>would just try and go about my life and I

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<v Speaker 1>would make people uncomfortable constantly. And that's why I say

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<v Speaker 1>I suffer from people. It's got nothing to do with

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<v Speaker 1>my disability, but all those micro reactions all day, every day.

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<v Speaker 1>I never set out to write this comedy so people

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<v Speaker 1>could walk out with an enlightened perspective. I didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to change them or their outlook. I just wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>call them out and sort of like get above it.

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<v Speaker 1>If I'm being honest, I think not wanting to be

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<v Speaker 1>put in a box comes from some internal ableism. It's

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<v Speaker 1>that ronic that often in interviews. I'll say one thing,

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<v Speaker 1>which is that I don't want to be seen as

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<v Speaker 1>a disabled comic. Yet my actual comedy a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>it revolves around disability. Good stuff, they're really interesting in.

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<v Speaker 1>That is your comedy news for today. If you enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>the program, tell a friend about it. They might like it.

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<v Speaker 1>Two numbers have been up. Really appreciate you all listening

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<v Speaker 1>every day. If you would like the program without a

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<v Speaker 1>commercial interruption. There's a way to do that link in

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<v Speaker 1>the show notes. Short version. It's five bucks a month.

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<v Speaker 1>You know it's October, so you'll get thirty one of these.

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<v Speaker 1>Divide five by thirty one. Who can do that? Deacon Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>do that and send me the answer. Anyway, it's probably

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<v Speaker 1>not a lot of money. You'll get this and the

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<v Speaker 1>other shows on the network without commercial interruption. For example,

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<v Speaker 1>I host another podcast that's called five Good News Stories,

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<v Speaker 1>and just this past weekend we started doing on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>five Good News Christmas Stories. I know that it's early October,

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<v Speaker 1>believe me. I also like ad revenue. Christmas stuff sells

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<v Speaker 1>baby all right, see tomorrow